Improved wooden pavement



@tutti States @sind @Wire CHARLES CROZAI CONVERSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSlGNOR TO SAMUEL S. GREELEY.

Letters Patent No. 94,284, (lated .August 31, 1869.

IMPROVED WOODEN PAVEMENT.

The Schedule referred to in theseLetters Patent and makiugpzrt of tbc same.

To whom fit may concern:

Beit known that VI, GHARLEs Cnozs'r Convnnsn, ot'

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pavements; and Ido hereby declare that the following-is a full, clear, and exact` description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part .of this specification, in which drawing- Figure l is a plan view ot' apavement, made accordning to my invention. o

Figure 2 is a vertical section ofsuch pavement, the thin strips being represented as made tlush with the blocks thereof. Y

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

rlhis invention relates to pavements for highways or streets; and

It consists of rows of blocks, of rectangular t'orm, arranged in rows with the grain veltical, and having between the rows stn'ps of wood, of a width equal to' the vertical length oi' the blocks, and arranged longitudinally with the grain, the longitudinal strips forming an even, surface with the surface ofthe blocks, and both blocksaud strips saturated with water-proof materia-l.

This arrangement of blocksand strips Aaffords afoot' -hold for horses,through the morerapid abrasionof the strips. Theblocks are separated from each other only by thestrip's. Y

The let-ters a b designate blocks and strips of wood, combined and arranged together to form tle pavement. Therblocks a are cut orl sawd across the .gia-in, into pieces of suitable length, and are placed upright on their-ends, so that their wearing-surfaces are transverse to the grain. The intermediate thinner strips are placed lengthwise the grain. v

V In making the'pavement, 1 form onv the ground a suitable bed, which is rounded up in the usual manner from each side towards its middle line, so that water will run from the middle of the 'street toward its sides.

Upon this bed I laya covering of boardszor plank,

close together, and preferably with their sides toward the curbs of the street. The boards or planks of this covering may be saturated with coal-tar, or other equivalent waterproof material', or simply coated therewith.

' This wooden covering receives the blocks and strips a b, which are placed thereon, so that the strips b occupy the intel-spaces ot' the rows of blocks a.

The blocks a are intended to sustain the principal part ofthe wear and tear of travel, and thcyare consequentlyl made wider than the' strips b, so as to form the'larger portion of the surface of the pavement. Said blocks a are placed next each other in a row extending across the street, and the strips b are placed behind and before them in the manner shown in the drawing. f

The height of the strips .b is equal to the length ot' the blocks a, and they are so laid as to break joints,

as shown in tig. 3.

The blocks and strips are saturated-or coated with coal-tar, or other water-proof material, in any convenient manner. The. ends ofthe several rows abutagainst the curb of the roadway.

After thcpavexnent is laid, an additional coating of water-proof matelial maybe poured or spread thereon, pure, or mixed with sand or gravel.

I do not confine myself to the precise length of the strips shown, as these strips maybe extended any convenient distance across the street.

Whatl claim as new, and desire. to secure by Let' 4of May, 1867.

CHARLES GROZAT CONVERSE. Witnesses: Y

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